Notifyre vs Sfax (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 24, 2026, we pick Notifyre: it is second in our ranking of online fax services, and they share a 2.2 GPA.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 24, 2026 by ToolGPA
Notifyre grades higher on value for money. Sfax grades higher on the free plan. They get the same grade on features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Notifyre
Pay-per-page online fax and business texting, with a fax API
Sfax
HIPAA cloud fax for healthcare offices, with print drivers and an API
Which one is for you
Pick Notifyre if
- Fits if you send faxes now and then within the US and don't want a subscription
- Works for healthcare and legal offices that need a signed BAA without paying extra
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to try faxing free, as sending needs funds and there's no trial
- Watch out: sending needs a $10 minimum top-up, and receiving needs a separate monthly plan
- Watch out: 3 cents a page is the US rate, other destinations differ, and high-quality sending adds 25%
- Tight if you need several numbers, as each extra is $5 a month and shares the plan's pages
- Not for you if you want native apps, as phones and tablets use an installable web app
Pick Sfax if
- Fits if your medical office needs an audit trail on every fax
- Works for practices that fax from desktop programs through a print driver
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to see a price first, as none could be read from Sfax's pages
- Watch out: the trial is a paid plan you must cancel within 14 days, and monthly plans need 30 days' notice to cancel
- Skip it if you use Android, or Windows older than 11, as neither is supported
- Tight if you need several lines, since plans include one toll-free line and each extra is $5 a month
How we grade them
| 2.2GPANotifyreFair | 2.2GPASfaxFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BReceiving 200 pages a month with a number is $4.90, inside this category's cheapest quarter, and sending is 3 cents a page within the US. If you send and receive you pay both, and high-quality sending adds 25%. | CNo price is on record. Sfax's pages turned our reader away and its help centre lists none, so there's nothing to set against the field. Each extra line is $5 a month, or $48 a year on annual plans. |
| Free plan and trial | FNothing free to fax with. There's a demo and an account to look around in, but sending needs a $10 top-up and receiving a paid plan. | DThe 14-day trial means signing up to a paid plan and cancelling within 14 days to avoid the charge. After that there are no refunds or part months. |
| Features | BPay-per-page sending, email to fax and back, numbers with free porting, a free BAA, audit trails, role-based access, MFA, broadcast and a fax API, with business texts on the same account. That covers the job. | BA web app with folders and a library, print-to-fax on Windows and Mac, annotating and signing, an audit trail on each fax, admin controls with SSO, an API with callbacks, and Box and ShareFile. That covers the job. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You top up a wallet, pick a receive plan for a number and set up your email address in Notifyre before email faxing works. | CNo store rating on record. You install a print driver to fax from other programs, and admins set up users, lines, permissions, IP safelists and SSO. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, with an installable web app for phones and tablets, a fax API, Zapier and Gmail. No native phone or desktop apps. | BWeb, Windows 11, Mac and iPhone, with an API, Box, ShareFile and SSO through Okta, Entra ID, Google Workspace and others. There's no Android app, which keeps it off the top grade. |
| Best for | pay-as-you-go fax sending with a free BAA | audited HIPAA fax for medical offices |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Notifyre and Sfax. How we grade
Where they differ
- Notifyre also covers business texting.
At a glance
| Notifyre | Sfax | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free trial |
| Starts at | $4.90 per month to receive 200 pages; sending is $0.03 a page | Not published |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 14-day free trial: a paid plan cancelled within 14 days of sign-up is not charged |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| iOS | ||
| Made by | Notifyre LLC | Consensus Cloud Solutions |
| Price read from | notifyre.com | Not confirmed |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Notifyre
- Sending needs a prepaid wallet with a $10 minimum top-up, and receiving needs a separate monthly receive plan.
- The 3-cents-a-page rate is for faxes within the US; high-quality sending costs 25% more.
- There are no native apps; phones and tablets use an installable web app.
- Notifyre's free trial answer offers a demo and a free account to explore, but faxing needs paid funds.
Sfax
- Prices could not be read: the Sfax pages on scrypt.com turned away automated reading, and the help center lists no prices.
- Plans include one toll-free line; each extra line is $5 a month on monthly plans or $48 a year on annual plans.
- Cancelling a monthly plan needs 30 days' notice by support ticket or email, with no refunds or partial months after the first 14 days.
- The Windows app supports only Windows 11 on x64 or x86, and the help center lists an iPhone app but no Android app.
Key features
Notifyre
- Pay-as-you-go sending
- Top up a wallet and pay per page sent, with no subscription or contract; a receive plan is needed only for a fax number.
- Email to fax and fax to email
- Send and receive faxes from any email app, including Gmail, once your email address is set up in Notifyre.
- Fax numbers and free porting
- Each receive plan includes one fax number, extra numbers are $5 a month and share the plan's pages, and Notifyre moves an existing number for free.
- HIPAA, audit trails and access control
- Notifyre says it signs a free BAA, encrypts faxes with AES-256 on ISO 27001 certified systems, and keeps full audit trails with role-based access and MFA.
- Fax API and broadcast
- An API sends, receives and processes faxes from your own software, and fax broadcast sends one document to many numbers.
- Business text messaging
- The same account can send business texts from the web, by email or by API, priced separately per message part.
Sfax
- Web app with folders and a library
- Send, forward, export and split faxes in the browser, sort received faxes into folders and keep reusable files in a document library.
- Windows and Mac print drivers
- Install the Sfax printer on Windows 11 or a Mac and fax a document from any program's print menu.
- Annotate and sign faxes
- Mark up and sign a received fax before sending it back, and pick a default fax cover page or buy custom ones.
- Audit trail and HIPAA
- Each fax keeps an audit trail of activity, and Sfax says it is HIPAA and GLBA compliant and signs a BAA on request.
- Admin, SSO and permissions
- Admins add users and fax lines, set permissions and IP safelists, and connect single sign-on through Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Google Workspace and others.
- API and file integrations
- An API with callbacks lets other software send and receive faxes, and Box and ShareFile integrations move faxes into document storage.
Plans
Notifyre
Send Fax (pay as you go)$10
one-time top-up, used as you go
Sending costs 3 cents a page within the US, from a wallet topped up from $10; funds do not expire. High-quality sending adds 25%.
Plus - Receive 200$4.90
per month to receive 200 pages
One fax number and 200 received pages a month, then 7 cents a page.
Pro - Receive 500$7.90
per month to receive 500 pages
One fax number and 500 received pages a month, then 6 cents a page.
Business - Receive 1,000$14.90
per month to receive 1,000 pages
One fax number and 1,000 received pages a month, then 5 cents a page.
Premium - Receive 3,000$39.90
per month to receive 3,000 pages
One fax number and 3,000 received pages a month, then 5 cents a page. Larger volumes are quoted on request.
Sfax
Pricing could not be confirmed. See scrypt.com.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Notifyre or Sfax?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Notifyre starts at $4.90 per month to receive 200 pages; sending is $0.03 a page, and Sfax has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, Notifyre or Sfax?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither Notifyre nor Sfax has a free plan. Sfax has a free trial.
Which platforms do Notifyre and Sfax run on?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Sfax lists macOS, Windows and iOS apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.